Update On Your Sea Otter Community Center

by Sandy Murray

Last October the Seldovia Recreation Service Area was approved by a vote of the residents in the area.  Since that time a Service Area Board has been appointed by the Borough Mayor. All terms will expire in October 2012.   Members of the Board are as follows: Vivian Rojas, Sheryl Hingley, Mark Janes, Jan Wyland and Sandy Murray.  Vivian is currently the chair and Sandy and Jan share the Secretary/Treasurer position.

 The Board meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 5 PM in the SOCC. These meetings are open to the public and we encourage you to attend.    On April 24^th the Board attended a three-hour long training session here in

Jakolof Dumpsite Update

by Tracie Merrill

SOCC Board Meeting on May 1st

by Jan Wyland

Rec Service Board Work Session in April

by Jere Murray

Seldovia Recreational Service Board Meeting Coming up!

by Jan Wyland

Choose Respect!

by Alene Hidecker – Seldovia Village Tribe

Governor Parnell has declared the fourth Thursday of every March to be the day Alaskan communities talk about domestic violence and sexual assault issues in our communities.  Alaska has one of the highest reported incident rates in the nation.  The 2010 Alaskan Victimization Survey specific to Alaskan women are: 58% have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual violence and 37% have experienced sexual violence.  The Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Statistics were also shocking; with 29% of the victims in the Alaskan State Troopers reports being children between the years of 13-15 years old and 74% were less than 18 years of age.  A child was present in 43% of the assaults involving domestic violence and in addition, 26.4% of the eyewitnesses were under the age of 18.  The trauma can be life long if left untreated.            Seldovia is the 118^th community in Alaska to participate this year.   His greatest hope is to get people talking about domestic violence and sexual abuse in order to eliminate the stigmas.  This will hopefully encourage people to seek the help they need in order to have healthy lives and families.

The Seldovia Village Tribe and South Peninsula Haven House are partnering to have an Open House at the Sea Otter Community Center.  There will be informational displays, pamphlets and advocates on hand to answer questions.   Everyone is invited!  This is a community event for all Seldovians.  So come by and pay us a visit and give us your input!

Seldovia Recreational Service Area Board Meets

by Vivian Rojas
 

In the Media… Seldovia’s Sea Otter Community Center

Check out this story with the Homer News, by McKibbon!

Alaska Communications Brings Customer Service to Seldovia

by Jenny Chissus

ACS brings customer service to Seldovia

Yesterday, Wednesday the 18th, Alaska Communications  arrived in Seldovia “en force”!   There are 8 staff in town with varying degrees of expertise to help Seldovians with all aspects of their Alaska Communications service.   From the network technicians who are going out on the road to perform upgrades, repairs and offer technical support (Greg and Dominic) to the customer service folks for your cell phones and internet questions (Tonya and Amy) , a Marketing Specialist (Caitlin McDiffet), the General Manager of The Southwest District (Randy Dobbs) Director of Marketing from Anchorage (Chris Reyburn) as well as  our own Seldovian – Chris Crosta who is the General Manager of Anchorage Operations are all here to make sure Seldovia gets the service and support we need!  (Not all the visiting ACS staff were pictured above)

ACS is available for questions and service
at the Sea Otter Community Center
THURSDAY from 9:00am-5:00pm
FRIDAY  from 9:00am to Noon.  

So, if you have questions regarding anything ACS, from your cell phone operations, technical support on internet or home phone line service, ACS is here

ACS In Seldovia – Jan 18-20!